After going MIA for a while we're back with a Team Fortress 2 division being headed up by the ever energetic Protocal. The Battlefield 2 and Simulator divisions have been moved into the inactive list since nothing really ever happened with them.

Since we've had so much interest in various simulators, we've launched a Simulator Division for those folks. Enjoy.

It doesn't seem like it, but it's been five years. Team Forever Twisted was formed in October of 2000. (I know it's now November, I forgot to post anything in Oct.) Damn. Considering how many clans appear and disapear over night, we've been playing together one heck of a long time. People have come and gone, but the Team remains. Just did up a little collage for the anniversary, click the image below to see the expanded version.

Since we've had so much interest in various simulators, we've launched a Simulator Division for those folks. Enjoy.

A bunch of us are going to Skirmish USA for their Stalingrad big game. All the details are here, it'd be awesome if more could make it!

Just got an email from Boris. His brother Roadkill, who played a fair amount of Battlefield 1942 with us was killed in a motorcycle accident on sunday at around 2 in the afternoon. He was 25. The entire team's condolances and regrets go out to Boris and his family. R.I.P. Roadkill. Godspeed.

Another of our old Tribes 2 guys has returned. Vaytan (Who is Lucid Frost for BF2) has returned, after many years of swearing that he would never EVER play any Battlefield game. Welcome back bud.

Our good friend !FT!VA_Killer's cat Frank isn't doing to well. Please send all well wishes to: frankthecat@charter.net. (And no, it's not a joke, do it.) You can see Frank in this photo, Lording his position over Killer. Sadly for the last three days he's just been laying behind a chair unmoving. :( Poor little fella.

A new bouncing baby boy! Congrats buddy. :)

Wow. Prozac is back after.. hmmm... almost a year and a half? Welcome back big fella!

Messiah is also back, as he's bought a computer that can run the game. :)

Four years ago today Messiah joined the team to play Tribes 2! Amazing how fast time flies isn't it?

Cobra just picked himself up BF2 and he's returning to play with us again! Welcome back Don!

Trace and Flash Fried are back for Battlefield 2! :) Two of our old BF1942 buddies! Nice to have you back guys.

It was nice to see Akula online last night, he's one of our old sk00l Tribes 2 players!

And the refugees to WoW begin to return. Protocal (who played some original Battlefield with us) is back after a long long absence. He'll be joining us in some BF2 ownage.

Gonzo (Well, as Blut pointed out, his wife) had a baby boy 2 days ago, Liam Andrew! Congrats buddy, that's awesome. At least we know you'll be awake for some late night gaming for the next year or so. :)

The Team Forever Twisted Battlefield 2 Division launches! We're going to be playing the game for a bit before going active on any ladders, and we are actively recruiting. We need a few good men! (Or women!) We're a dedicated clan, our for some fun. Our history dates back to 2000, and Tribes 2. We pub together as well as play competitive matches, and sometimes even just hang around and yack.

Interested in being part of the !FT! revolution? Click here to apply to the team!

That's it for Battlefield 1942/Desert Combat. It was a good run. Not counting tonight, we played on 4 ladders: OGL, Proving Grounds, The Combat Zone and NATO, and fought in 68 engagements over 2 years and 6 months. That's a hell of a long while really, especially in gaming time. We've been having problems getting enough people out lately, and quite a number of our players have left for other games (Damn you World of Warcraft! Damn you!) but from the sounds of it quite a number of them will be back for BF2.

A new !FT! division will be started tomorrow to coincide with the release of Battlefield 2. Watch for it.

Thanks to all the guys who came out and played with us over the years, it's been an awesome run! Some ups, some downs, but mostly just a hell of a lot of fun.

FRAGle is now known as Gonzo. All hail Gonzo!

Dukester has graciously accepted a promotion to co-captain of the Battlefield division. Some other roster changes: Kingpin, Sgt York and Cable are moved to the retired list as they no longer play with us. (Damn you World of Warcraft! Damn you!)

And welcome to the Battlefield Division Dayseven, Daysix's brother. Soon we will have corupted the entire Ghost Recon team, and turn them to the wild speed and excitement of Battlefield.

Welcome Daysix! One of Alcazar's Ghost Recon lads, he's going to come to the dark side and join us for some Desert Combat action.

Heh heh. Got bored and added us to Wikipedia, the free online Encylopedia.

Our Battlefield Division has joined a new ladder, Nato and they won their first battle! Go team!

Just noticed this posted on the main Proving Grounds page. This sucks.

Endgame - PG Closes Its Doors - - 11:13 PM - Jalis
Five years ago, a "couple guys in Michigan with a database" opened a site called Proving Grounds and aspired to provide a different kind of atmosphere for gaming enthusiasts to match their skills up against other competitive enthusiasts. Built on hard work, a dedication to always making the right decision instead of the popular decision, and the desire to have fun above all else, those guys were wildly successful in that vision.

Unfortunately, all great things must come to an end, and we now stand at that point in our storied history of providing a place for great people to play games. Along with success came personal financial burdens, and though we have for a long time taken those losses and smiled all along, we can no longer do so. Many great people have contributed to this site, none more than our wonderful staff, and thus, this decision was not an easy one to make.

We have seen great players come and play here at Proving Grounds, sharing their experiences with the others here who would follow rules in pursuit of something better than what was offered by our competitors. We have seen our share of detractors who figured we'd close up shop after a few months, or cave to childish antics, threats and even illegal attacks on the web server. We have seen many of these good natured people come and play at Proving Grounds, and enjoy themselves so thoroughly that they joined our staff in order to help provide that same enjoyment to others. These people, staffers and the members who have played here and stood behind us from day one and beyond, will be missed, and we regret that this experience must come to an end. We hope that you will find something similiar to the experiences you have had at Proving Grounds, and we hope to see many of you in the gaming servers we'll all no doubt be frequenting until old age or carpal tunnel keeps us from spending unhealthy amounts of time kicking the crap out of one another at the detriment of our wives, girlfriends and families! No doubt exists that Proving Grounds made an impact in the online gaming community, whether it be the positive reactions most of you expressed, or the love-affair the whiners and cheaters had with trading barbs with us!

In the end, we have to admit that the financial issues must force us to close down, and in that respect, this closure will happen relatively quickly. On October 14th, 2004, PG will officially close its doors. We hope to hear from our committed members in the next week as we say our goodbyes, and afterwards as we become "just players", as we were before we began this thing we would come to love. Certainly, we more than expect to hear from the trolls who I have personally more than enjoyed schooling in lessons of humility.

So, please forgive us for this decision, wrap up your matches, and enjoy the last moments of Proving Grounds. We hope that you guys have enjoyed playing with us as much as we have enjoyed serving you.

PG will be missed, and so will all of you who so supported us.

It's been 4 years since the team formed up guys, and wow. What a great time. In one way it seems like it was just a few days ago, and in others it seems like forever and day since we joined forces to start playing Tribes 2. (Once it came out of course). I've lost track of the number of hours we've spent online gaming, having a good time and enjoying each other's company, or the number of practises and matches we've held, but thanks to everyone who's helped make the team what it is today. You're a great bunch of guys, and I'm proud to call you all my friends.

Looking forward to many more years of fun and gaming. :)

Very nice to have Magic come up here to Canada for a few days to visit. Nice to finally meet in person after so many years of talking online and playing games together!

I almost forgot to mention. 3 years ago today Messiah joined our little crew of hoodlums. :) Happy 3rd bud.

The Battlefield 1942 division played their 50th BF Conquest tonight. Congrats guys, that's quite a milestone! :)

We no longer have a Desert Combat server to practise on. It has been taken down due to lack of donations. With a cost to run of $85 USD per month, and the number of people we have playing (approximately 12 players play on a regular basis) we should have been able to pay for it easily, but regretably a few of our members end up paying the majority of the bills. Alas poor Team Forever Twisted Server, we knew yea well.

Welcome to the Battelfield Division, Zink and Panzerbox!

Enemy Territory, Ghost Recon and Ravenshield divisions officially moved to inactive status. Simply not the interest. Anyone interested in opening a new !FT! Division? Just contact any of the Team Elders for full information.

2 years ago today, Instigator joined the team.... And our Teamspeak channel has never been the same. ;)

Roster changes made today. Alcazar, MC Hammer, Sinister Sniper and Merkilo moved to the DC retired page.

Promotions: Due to their hard work and dedication, Instigator and VA_Killer are hereby promoted to Lieutenant. Goshwin and Rune are promoted to Sargent. Cobra, and Dukester are promoted to Corporal.

Welcome aboard to Sgt. York, he's a rather kick ass chopper pilot and all around player, and he's here for a little DC ownage.

Welcome back to Messiah, AFK since December the 15th! :P

Welcome to Cable, one of Marauder's local friends. Yes, another nice Canadian in the mix baby!

A big welcome to Boris! He's an excellent player from Magic and Instigator's neck of the woods.

Since no one's heard from Denaline in ages, he's been moved to the retired list.

Welcome aboard to Dukester! He's going to be playing some Ghost Recon and Desert Combat with the team, and from what we've seen so far, he's a great guy, and kicks some major ass. :)

A big welcome to Merkilo, who has joined the ranks of the Twisted to play a little 1942 Desert Combat!

VA Killer has been promoted to Corporal for the 1942 division. Congrats, now get to work. ;)

Welcome to the DC 1942 team Spazl! Protocal is moved to the retired list.

Everyone give a big !FT! welcome to Drenaline, a mad mad player who's here to kick some ass with the Forever Twisted 1942 team. :)

The Battlefield Division has joined the Desert Combat 6 on 6 Conquest ladder at Proving Grounds. Only a few other teams here so far, but hopefully the ladder grows. It's really nice to see a ladder that allows smaller teams to play some competitive 1942.

Quake 3 CTF Division declared inactive. Skeezix never did anything with 'er, he got too busy.

!FT! 1942 has dropped the OGL 8 on 8 Conquest ladder and is in heavy debate over which Desert Combat ladder to join.

Welcome MCHammer to the ET and 1942 divisions!

Everyone give a big welcome to Raiden, he's going to playing some Ravenshield with us!

Welcome to Tinman. 10 foot tall, looming brother of Skeezix, he'll be joining us for some 1942 action!

Vaytan has been removed as leader of the Ravenshield Division due to never being around or having any time. Please direct any future corespondence to ]v[agic.

Everyone give a big welcome to Hamish, Voodoo, Koren and Tombstone! They're going to be joining us from Dark Watch for the summer to play a little battlefield.

And lets welcome Killer to the Battlefield 1942 team shall we?

Everyone, please welcome to VA_Killer to the Ravenshield Team!

Congratulations are in order! Dopper, Goshwin, Instigator and Reverend have recieved field promotions. Due to their dedication to the team, outstanding attitude and skills they have been promoted as of last night to Corporals in the ranks of Forever Twisted 1942. They will be taking more of a leadership role from now on, as well as having more of a say in command and strategic decisions. Congrats gentlemen, and thank you for all your hard work.

Forever Twisted welcomes Seeker to the ranks. He'll be playing Ravenshield with Vay, Magic and the boys.

I'm an idiot, and forgot to announce our latest member. Welcome to Dartanion!

Welcome to the 1942 team SinisterSniper! Nice to have another good player online. :)

The Tribes 2 team went inactive after the last patch screwed things up.

Welcome aboard to Gio (AKA Instigator), Skeezix and Eeyore the latest additions to House !FT!. May you fight with honor.

Ghost Recon division is still recruiting.

We've picked up some new players. Welcome aboard for Tribes 2:

Hyperion!
Makabriel!
Messiah!

Welcome guys, we're going to have some fun!

Team Forever Twisted leaves the OGL, and joins TWL for Tribes 2.

!FT! Plays their first match on the OGL Tribes 2 ladder vs. z2. We lost, but played 6 men short. Ahh well.

Team Forever Twisted is formed from the remnants of The Wrecking Crew, a Tribes 1 clan, primarily to play Tribes 2 when it's released. Much rejoicing ensues.